Which to use
“frohe” and “frohes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,713
- “frohe” frequency rank
- #15,359
- “frohes” frequency rank
- 24072
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frohe | frohes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs froh | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs froh |
Where the eye mixes frohe and frohes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses frohe with frohes
A purely visual mix-up. frohe ([ˈfʁoːə]) and frohes ([ˈfʁoːəs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “frohe” sits inside “frohes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frohe is recorded at frequency rank #8,713, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁoːə]. frohes is at rank #15,359, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁoːəs].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 24072, this pair ranks #1,852,741 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of frohe vs frohes
Shared letters: efhor. Private to "frohe": -. Private to "frohes": s.
"frohe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "frohes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "frohe" and "frohes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "frohe" vs "frohes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "frohe" and "frohes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "frohe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frohes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,852,741 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frohe" and "frohes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flores vs frohes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,852,741 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.